Snapping structure and baby carrier using the same

ABSTRACT

A snapping structure is provided, which is configured to detachably mount a body to a support frame. The snapping structure includes a locking member movably disposed on the body and a positioning member disposed on the support frame and mated with the locking member. The locking member is movable to be locked to the positioning member, so as to mount the body to the support frame, or the locking member is movable to be unlocked from the positioning member, so as to separate the body from the support frame.

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application claims priority to the Chinese Patent Application No.2020113445028, filed on Nov. 26, 2020 and entitled “SNAPPING STRUCTURE”,the entire content of which is incorporated herein in its entirety.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present disclosure relates to the technical field of baby products,and more particularly relates to a snapping structure and a baby carrierusing the same.

BACKGROUND

Sleep box may be mounted to a baby carriage or an automobile seat toprovide a comfortable and safe sleep environment for a baby, and help acaregiver to take care of the baby. When the sleep box is required to bemounted on a carrier such as a vehicle frame or a bed frame, it alwaysrequires a mating and fixing structure. The conventional matingstructure occupies a relatively large space, is complex, and isinconvenient to operate, causing inconvenience to a caregiver.

SUMMARY

According to some embodiments, a snapping structure and a baby carrierusing same are provided.

A snapping structure is adapted to detachably mount a body to a supportframe. The snapping structure includes a locking member movably disposedon the body and a positioning member disposed on the support frame andmated with the locking member. The locking member moves to be locked tothe positioning member, so as to mount the body to the support frame, orthe locking member moves to be unlocked from the positioning member, soas to separate the body from the support frame.

A baby carrier includes a body, a support frame, and the above snappingstructure.

The above description is merely an overview of the technical solutionsof this application. In order to understand the technical means of thisapplication more clearly, detailed description is provided below incombination with preferred embodiments of this application and thedrawings.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

To describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of thisapplication more clearly, the following briefly describes accompanyingdrawings required for describing the embodiments. Apparently, theaccompanying drawings in the following description show merely someembodiments of this application, and a person skilled in the art maystill derive other drawings according to these accompanying drawingswithout creative efforts.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a baby carrier according to anembodiment.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a support frame in FIG. 1 .

FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of portion A in FIG. 2 .

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a body in FIG. 1 .

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a snapping structure in FIG. 4 with ahousing removed.

FIG. 6 is a partial enlarged view of FIG. 5 .

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of an operating member in FIG. 5 in anotherstate.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS

For ease of understanding this application, this application isdescribed more comprehensively below with reference to the accompanyingdrawings. Exemplary embodiments of this application are provided in theaccompanying drawings. However, this application may be implemented inmany different forms, and is not limited to the embodiments described inthis specification. On the contrary, an objective of providing theembodiments is to understand the content disclosed in the presentinvention more comprehensively.

Unless otherwise defined, meanings of all technical and scientific termsused in this specification are the same as those usually understood by aperson skilled in the art to which this application belongs. In thisapplication, terms used in this specification of this application aremerely intended to describe objectives of the specific embodiments, butare not intended to limit this application. The term “and/or” used inthis specification includes any and all combinations of one or morerelated listed items.

Referring to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 , according to an embodiment, a babycarrier 100 is provided. The baby carrier includes a body 10, a supportframe 20, and a snapping structure 30. The snapping structure 30 isconfigured to detachably mount the body 10 to the support frame 20. Thebody 10 may be a sleep box, a baby seat, or the like. The support frame20 may be a baby carriage frame, an automobile safety seat frame, a babycrib frame, or the like. The sleep box or the baby seat may bedetachably mounted to a baby carrier 100 such as a baby carriage, anautomobile safety seat, or a baby crib by using the snapping structure30.

Specifically, the snapping structure 30 includes a locking member 32movably disposed on the body 10 and a positioning member 31 disposed onthe support frame 20 and mated with the locking member 32. The lockingmember 32 can move to be locked to the positioning member 31, so as tomount the body 10 to the support frame 20. Alternatively, the lockingmember 32 can move to be unlocked from the positioning member 31, so asto separate the body 10 from the support frame 20. It should to beunderstood that, by moving the locking member 32 to be mated with thepositioning member 31, the body 10 can be mounted to the support frame20. Alternatively, by moving the locking member 32 to be disengaged andunlocked from positioning member 31, the body 10 can be detached fromthe support frame 20. The above snapping structure 30 is simple and isconvenient to operate.

According to the above embodiment, the snapping structure 30 can be usedto detachably mount the body 10 such as a sleep box or a baby seat tothe support frame 20 such as a baby carriage frame, an automobile safetyseat frame, or a baby crib frame. The locking member 32 is movablydisposed on the body 10, and the positioning member 31 mated with thelocking member 32 is disposed on the support frame 20. By moving thelocking member 32 to be locked to the positioning member 31, the body 10can be mounted to the support frame 20. By moving the locking member 32to be unlocked from the positioning member 31, the body 10 can beseparated from the support frame 20. According to the above snappingstructure 30, the locking member 32 on the body 10 is mated with thepositioning member 31 on the support frame 20, such that the body 10 canbe detachably mounted to the support frame 20. The structure is simple,is convenient to operate, and is applicable for wide use.

Referring to FIG. 1 to FIG. 4 , in some embodiments, the locking member32 is telescopically movable relative to the positioning member 31, soas to be locked to or unlocked from the positioning member 31, i.e., thelocking member 32 is telescopically movable to be mated with thepositioning member 31. When the locking member 32 stretches, the lockingmember 32 is locked to and mated with the positioning member 31. Whenthe locking member 32 retracts, the locking member 32 is disengaged andunlocked from the positioning member 31. Specifically, the lockingmember 32 includes a locking portion 321 that may protrude from ahousing 35 of the snapping structure 30. The positioning member 31includes at least one positioning portion 311. The locking member 32 istelescopically moved to cause the locking portion 321 to protrude fromthe housing 35, so as to be mated with the positioning portion 311 onthe positioning member 31, thereby mounting the body 10 to the supportframe 20. Alternatively, the locking member 32 moves telescopically toseparate the locking portion 321 from the positioning portion 311, so asto separate the body 10 from the support frame 20.

Referring to FIG. 1 to FIG. 4 , in this embodiment, the positioningmember 31 includes two positioning portions 311. Each positioningportion 311 may be a through hole or a groove that can be mated with thelocking portion 321. The through hole or the groove has an openingfacing the locking portion 321, so as to be mated with the lockingportion 321. Specifically, when the locking portion 321 is mated withone of the two positioning portions 311, the sleep box or the seat isplaced forward on the support frame 20. When the locking portion 321 ismated with the other one of the positioning portions 311, the sleep boxor the seat is placed backward on the support frame 20. A position ofthe body 10 relative to the support frame 20 may be adjusted by lockingthe locking portion 321 to different positioning portions 311. In otherwords, the sleep box or the seat may be placed forward or backward onthe support frame 20 according to an actual use requirement, to satisfymore use requirements of babies and provide more practicability. Inother embodiments, a plurality of positioning portions 311 may also beprovided on the positioning member 31, and the locking portion 321 isselectively locked to the different positioning portions 311 to adjustthe mounting positions of the sleep box or the seat relative to thesupport frame 20, thereby satisfying more actual use requirements.

Referring to FIG. 4 to FIG. 7 , in some embodiments, the body 10 isprovided with a driving assembly configured to drive the locking member32. The driving assembly is located in the housing 35 and is connectedto the locking member 32. The driving assembly includes a driving member33 mated with the locking member 32. The driving member 33 is movablydisposed on the body 10. The driving member 33 moves to drive thelocking member 32 to stretch and retract, such that the locking member32 is locked to and mated with the positioning member 31 or the lockingmember 32 is separated from the positioning member 31. Specifically, adriving portion is disposed on the driving member 33, and a transmissionportion 322 mated with the driving portion is disposed on the lockingmember 32. The driving member 33 moves to drive the transmission portion322 to move, so as to lock the locking member 32 to the positioningmember 31 or unlock the locking member from the positioning member.

Referring to FIG. 5 to FIG. 7 , in some embodiments, two driving plates331 are provided on both sides of the driving member 33 extending in adirection in which the locking member 32 stretches and retracts. Thedriving plate 331 is connected to a connecting plate 330 and issubstantially perpendicular to the connecting plate 330. The drivingportion is disposed on the driving plate 331. In the illustratedembodiment, the driving portion may be a driving chute 3311, which isobliquely provided on the driving plate 331 by a specific angle.Therefore, when the transmission portion 322 is mated with the drivingchute 3311, the locking portion 321 can move telescopically relative tothe connecting plate 330. The driving plate 331 has a triangular shapecorresponding to the driving chute 3311, such that the structure layoutis more compact and proper. An end surface of the locking portion 321that is mated with the positioning portion 311 may be inclined by apreset angle, such that the locking portion 321 can move telescopicallymore effectively under the action of the transmission portion 322,enabling the locking portion 321 to be mated with the positioningportion 311 or disengaged from the positioning portion 311 moreeffectively. The preset angle is a proper angle at which the lockingportion 321 can be mated with the positioning portion 311. In addition,a transmission portion 322 mated with the driving chute 3311 is providedon the locking member 32. The transmission portion 322 protrudes fromboth sides of the locking member 32 and is slidably located in thedriving chute 3311. When the driving member 33 moves, the driving plate331 is driven to move, such that the transmission portion 322 in thedriving chute 3311 slides along the driving chute 3311. Since thedriving chute 3311 is inclinedly arranged, as the transmission portion322 slides in the driving chute 3311, the driving chute 3311 willsqueeze the transmission portion 322, such that the transmission portion322 drives the locking portion 321 to move telescopically. Specifically,when the driving member 33 moves up and down in a vertical direction,and the driving chute 3311 can restrict the movement of the transmissionportion 322 in the vertical direction, Therefore, the transmissionportion 322 drives the locking portion 321 to move in a horizontaldirection, so as to achieve the stretching and retracting of the lockingportion 321. In other words, the movement of the driving member 33 inthe vertical direction is converted to the movement of the lockingportion 321 in the horizontal direction by means of the mating betweenthe driving chute 3311 and the transmission portion 322. The abovesnapping structure 30 is simple and useful.

Referring to FIG. 3 to FIG. 7 , in some embodiments, a notch 332configured to accommodate the locking portion 321 is provided on one endof the driving member 33 that is mated with the locking member 32, andthe locking portion 321 can stretch and retract through the notch 332.When the driving member 33 moves up and down, the locking portion 321moves telescopically through the notch 332 by the transmission portion322 mated with the driving chute 3311, and the locking portion 321 mayextend through the notch 332 and protrude from the housing 35 to bemated with the positioning portion 311. The driving plate 331 is locatedon one side or on both sides of the notch 332 and is disposed on theconnecting plate 330 along a first direction. The first direction is adirection substantially perpendicular to the connecting plate 330. Itshould be understood that, since the driving plate 331 is disposed onone side or on the two sides of the notch 332, the driving chute 3311mated with the transmission portion 322 may be disposed on either sideof the notch 332, or two driving chutes 3311 mated with the transmissionportion 322 are disposed on both sides of the notch 332, as long as thedriving member 33 can drive the transmission portion 322 to slide in thedriving portion and drive the locking portion 321 to stretch and retractthrough the notch 332.

Referring to FIG. 1 and FIG. 4 to FIG. 7 , in some embodiments, thedriving assembly further includes an operating member 34. The operatingmember 34 is connected to an end of the driving member 33 away from thelocking member 32 by a connecting portion 333. A part of the operatingmember 34 protrudes from the housing 35 of the snapping structure 30 fora user to operate the operating member 34. By operating the part of theoperating member 34 that protrudes from the body 10, the driving member33 drives the locking member 32 to move telescopically. Specifically,the operating member 34 is slidably disposed on the body 10, and theoperating member 34 is operated to slide along the body 10 and drive thedriving member 33 to move. The operating member 34 can slide in thevertical direction along the body 10. The driving member 33 is connectedto the operating member 34 by the connecting portion 333. By operatingthe operating member 34, it can drive the driving member 33 to slide inthe vertical direction, such that the driving chute 3311 acts on thetransmission portion 322, and the transmission portion 322 drives thelocking portion 321 to move telescopically in the horizontal direction.The operating member 34 can help drive the driving member 33 to move,thus facilitating use. In the illustrated embodiment, a reset member 341enabling a constant reset tendency of the operating member 34 isdisposed on the operating member 34. After the operation of theoperating member 34 stops, the reset member 341 can enable the operatingmember 34 to be reset. In this embodiment, the reset member 341 is aspring. In other embodiments, the reset member 341 may be an elasticstructure that can be compressed and restored.

Referring to FIG. 1 to FIG. 7 again, the aforementioned snappingstructure 30 is configured to detachably mount the body 10 such as asleep box or a baby seat to the support frame 20 such as a baby carriageframe, an automobile safety seat frame, or a baby crib frame. Themovable locking member 32 is disposed on the body 10, and thepositioning member 31 mated with the locking member 32 is disposed onthe support frame 20. The locking member 32 is connected to the drivingmember 33 that can move up and down, and the movement of the drivingmember 33 may be controlled by the operating member 34. The operatingmember 34 partially protrudes from the body 10, thus facilitatingoperation by the user. The driving member 33 drives the locking member32, such that the movement of the driving member 33 in the verticaldirection is converted to the movement of the locking member 32 in thehorizontal direction. By means of the telescopic movement of the lockingmember 32 in the horizontal direction, the locking member 32 can belocked to the positioning member 31, such that the body 10 can bemounted to the support frame 20. By means of the telescopic movement ofthe locking member 32 in the horizontal direction, the locking member 32may also be disengaged and unlocked from the positioning member 31, suchthat the body 10 can be separated from the support frame 20. The abovesnapping structure 30 is adapted for the detachable baby carrier 100. Asleep box or a baby seat may be detachably mounted to the body 10, suchas a baby carriage, an automobile safety seat, or a baby crib by usingthe snapping structure 30. Therefore, the baby carrier 100 can have morecombinations and a wider use prospect. In addition, the snappingstructure 30 is convenient to operate, such that the body 10 mated withthe support frame 20 can be replaced more conveniently and quickly.Moreover, by means of the mating between the locking member 32 on thebody 10 and the different positioning members 31 on the support frame20, the use state and the position of the body 10 on the support frame20 can be adjusted. Therefore, the body 10 and the support frame 20 canbe combined in such a way that more user demands are satisfied,providing more user-friendliness and comfort. The above snappingstructure 30 is simple and is convenient to operate, and enables moreuse states for the baby carrier 100. The above snapping structure 30 isapplicable to wide use.

Although the respective embodiments have been described one by one, itshall be appreciated that the respective embodiments will not beisolated. Those skilled in the art can apparently appreciate uponreading the disclosure of this application that the respective technicalfeatures involved in the respective embodiments can be combinedarbitrarily between the respective embodiments as long as they have nocollision with each other. Of course, the respective technical featuresmentioned in the same embodiment can also be combined arbitrarily aslong as they have no collision with each other.

The foregoing descriptions are merely specific embodiments of thepresent invention, but are not intended to limit the protection scope ofthe present invention. Any variation or replacement readily figured outby a person skilled in the art within the technical scope disclosed inthe present invention shall all fall within the protection scope of thepresent invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the presentinvention shall be subject to the protection scope of the appendedclaims.

What is claimed is:
 1. A snapping structure adapted to detachably mounta body to a support frame, the snapping structure comprising: a lockingmember movably disposed on the body; and a positioning member disposedon the support frame and mated with the locking member, wherein thelocking member is configured to move to be locked to the positioningmember, so as to mount the body to the support frame, or the lockingmember is configured to move to be unlocked from the positioning member,so as to separate the body from the support frame, the body is providedwith a driving assembly configured to drive the locking member, thedriving assembly includes: a driving member mated with the lockingmember, the driving member being configured to drive the locking memberto be locked to the positioning member or drive the locking member to bedisengaged from the positioning member, and an operating memberrotatably connected to an end of the driving member away from thelocking member, one end of the operating member is rotatably connectedto a housing fixed to the body, and the operating member is configuredto rotate relative to the body to cause the driving member to drive thelocking member to move telescopically.
 2. The snapping structureaccording to claim 1, wherein the locking member is telescopic relativeto the positioning member to be locked to or unlocked from thepositioning member.
 3. The snapping structure according to claim 1,wherein the locking member comprises a protruding locking portion, thepositioning member is provided with a positioning portion, the lockingportion is configured to stretch to be mated with the positioningportion, so as to mount the body to the support frame, and the lockingportion is configured to retract to be separated from the positioningportion, so as to separate the body from the support frame.
 4. Thesnapping structure according to claim 3, wherein a plurality ofdifferent positioning portions are disposed on the positioning member,and the locking portion is selectively locked to the differentpositioning portions to adjust a position of the body relative to thesupport frame.
 5. The snapping structure according to claim 3, whereinthe driving member is provided with a driving portion, the lockingmember is provided with a transmission portion mated with the drivingportion, and the driving member is configured to drive the transmissionportion to move to lock the locking member to the positioning member ordisengage the locking member from the positioning member.
 6. Thesnapping structure according to claim 5, wherein the driving portion isa driving chute, and the transmission portion protrudes from the lockingmember and is slidably located in the driving chute.
 7. The snappingstructure according to claim 5, wherein an end of the driving member isprovided with a notch configured to accommodate the locking portion, andthe locking portion protrudes from the notch to be mated with apositioning portion of the positioning member.
 8. The snapping structureaccording to claim 7, wherein one side or two sides of the notch isprovided with a driving plate extending in a first direction, thedriving portion is disposed on the driving plate, and the driving memberis configured to move to drive the transmission portion to slide in thedriving portion, to cause the locking member to move telescopically atthe notch.
 9. The snapping structure according to claim 1, wherein theoperating member is provided with a reset member enabling the operatingmember to have a reset tendency.
 10. The snapping structure according toclaim 9, wherein the reset member is a spring.
 11. The snappingstructure according to claim 3, wherein an end surface of the lockingportion that is mated with the positioning portion is inclined by apreset angle.
 12. The snapping structure according to claim 1, whereinthe body is a sleep box or a baby seat.
 13. The snapping structureaccording to claim 1, wherein the support frame is a baby carriageframe, an automobile safety seat frame, or a baby crib frame.
 14. A babycarrier, comprising the body, the support frame, and the snappingstructure according to claim
 1. 15. A body configured to be detachablymounted to a support frame, the body comprising: a snapping structureconfigured to detachably mount the body to the support frame, thesnapping structure comprising: a locking member movably disposed on thebody; and a positioning member on the support frame and mated with thelocking member, wherein the locking member is moveable to be locked tothe positioning member to mount the body to the support frame, or to beunlocked from the positioning member to separate the body from thesupport frame; and a driving assembly configured to drive the lockingmember, the driving assembly comprising a driving member mated with thelocking member, the driving member configured to drive the lockingmember to be locked to the positioning member or to be disengaged fromthe positioning member, and an operating member rotatably connected toan end of the driving member away from the locking member, wherein oneend of the operating member is rotatably connected to a housing fixed tothe body, and the operating member is configured to rotate relative tothe body to cause the driving member to drive the locking member to movetelescopically.
 16. The body according to claim 15, wherein the lockingmember is telescopic relative to the positioning member to be locked toor unlocked from the positioning member.
 17. The body according to claim15, wherein the locking member comprises a protruding locking portion,the positioning member is provided with a positioning portion, thelocking portion is configured to stretch to be mated with thepositioning portion, so as to mount the body to the support frame, andthe locking portion is configured to retract to be separated from thepositioning portion, so as to separate the body from the support frame.18. The body according to claim 17, wherein a plurality of differentpositioning portions are disposed on the positioning member, and thelocking portion is selectively locked to the different positioningportions to adjust a position of the body relative to the support frame.19. The body according to claim 15, wherein the driving member isprovided with a driving portion, the locking member is provided with atransmission portion mated with the driving portion, and the drivingmember is configured to drive the transmission portion to move to lockthe locking member to the positioning member or disengage the lockingmember from the positioning member.
 20. The body according to claim 19,wherein the driving portion is a driving chute, and the transmissionportion protrudes from the locking member and is slidably located in thedriving chute.